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Indeed, it is true.
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I would suggest contacting Hemant Mehta, The Friendly Athiest. http://friendlyatheist.com/. He has experience with the SSA.
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asked by ERIS2310666
I'm not a Twilight fan. Then again I haven't read any of the novels nor seen any of the films so I'm probably premature in my opinion of the genre.
I do like the idea of vampires, though looking at actual folklore the Hollywood vampires of the last 100 years or so are very different and much romanticized.
I was a huge Buffy fan :-)
As for something that's been haunting me? Nothing paranormal that I can think of. Probably just the pull back into realistic obligations that I'd rather not deal with. -
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I think it depends on how much of a "loner" one is. I'm much the same. I have few very close friends that I trust and depend on. I have many other acquaintances but really only confide in a selected few.
I can be very sociable at work and out and about the world, but if I had my way I'd be alone with the ones I loved most having great wine, great conversation and an all around splendid time.
Society places stigma on people who do not socialize as much as is preferred to conform. The first thing you here about an alleged killer is "he kept to himself," etc. But on the other hand, those who are social butterflies, in my opinion, can be even more lonely than those who prefer to keep to themselves. I spent a lot of time around the proverbial soccer moms last year and was amazed by the phoney way they interacted with one another. I saw a similar interaction when I used to attend church. I know some people speak highly of a spiritual community, but I found it cold, pretentious and insincere.
I think the world needs to move on. What even constitutes a freak these days? Really. -
Hmm...I don't think I had one. I guess I'd say Cap'n Crunch, but not because of him, more so because I loved peanut butter crunch.
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Yes and no. I don't desire fame and fortunate, but I would like to make an impact on the world even if it means having children one day that I can raise to be something great through rationality and critical thinking. Everyone leaves a legacy in some little way. People can make huge impacts on others in ways they never knew.
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I sympathize but have no idea how to help you.
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He bit a pet store employee. It was provoked, but in the end he still shouldn't have done it. Per store policy they had to call the police to file a report and that's when we found out we had to have a dog license. The cop was nice about it and was pretty much on our side about the whole ordeal, but we had to get the license and produce it within 10 days. All was well in the end, no fines or punishments.
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Shit there are way too many to mention, but we'd have a fucking awesome crew!!! Oooh, and I'd have on of those cute dresses like Nichelle Nichols wore :-)
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Can this question be translated into Buffy characters? If so, I would be Willow.
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asked by lamerry
No, not really...but I'm not very vocal about my atheism in every day life. If it comes up, I'm honest about it. But I don't bring it up unless provoked. Maybe this is hypocritical of me, but in my line of work politics and religion are not relevant topics unless you're having a personal conversation. In my personal life most of my friends are either atheists or know that I'm an atheist. My family knows I'm not religious, but they probably do not fully understand the extent of my non-belief.
I do feel that there is an obvious gap between believers and non-believers in my country, and I think a lot of this is based on stereotypes. I can't say so much for Christians being misinterpreted, since I'm biased in that area and having once been one (if just an agnostic Catholic) I think whatever stereotype I might heap on the average Christian fundamentalist is fair, give or take a margin of error.
From some of the arguments I've had on Facebook or Twitter I've noticed many Christians cannot differentiate science from atheism (though I can see why they fall into way of thinking so quickly). Others think that atheists are Hitler/Stalin wannabees. Then there are some people who are just clueless. Over the Christmas holiday one co-worker of mine kept asking a bunch of questions about what my husband and I did for the holidays, and eventually I had to come out and tell her I was an atheist. I tried to be nice and honest about it, and she seemed genuinely amused since she'd never met an atheist before. Her first question though was, "do you like skulls and satan stuff?"
If you read my blog and see some of the pro-teabagger tweets you'll see some of the mentality that atheists have to deal with on a daily basis. These Palinesque "retards" believe that secularism, Darwinism, liberalism, socialism, communism, Marxism, and atheism are all synonyms and can be used interchangeably as insults, since all those words are somehow ideas being used to destroy some age old vision of a Patriot America.
This type of ignorance and intolerance is what makes living in America so disheartening right now. I'm all for tolerance; if they want to worship sky fairies it's totally up to them, and yes - secretly I hope that with more focus on education and skepticism people will evolve to godlessness all on their own. But until that joyous day, they're free to do as they please. But keep those illogical ideas out of our government and our schools. If they can do that much, then we horrible secularists will refrain from burning churches and eating babies. It's quite simple. -
asked by CestMoiTom
My greatest achievement was marrying my husband. It may sound silly and lovey-dovey, but he's my favorite person in the whole world and I love living my life with him. He makes me feel like I can do anything, and that no matter who I am or who I strive to be, he will love me always.
As for the future...what wouldn't I want to do? Travel, read, write, drink more wine and laugh a whole lot more. I just want to experience life as much as I can because I know how tragically short it is. But as for a specific bucket list item, I would love to see the Aurora Borealis at least once in my life. -
No problem, and I've returned the favor :-)
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I was raised Catholic, so I suppose I did...though even from an early age I would say now that I was agnostic. At the time I guess I was just confused. I didn't like the idea of God watching me all the time. Was he in the closet hiding or literally inside my head? Either way it upset me. I never understood praying for things to happen (or not happen) and as I became a teenager I couldn't tell the difference between praying and hoping or perhaps hoping and reciting words of comfort.
Letting go of God wasn't difficult considering my day to day life...it was more the guilt (catholic guilt?) or the "what if I'm wrong?" feeling...but I replaced that guilt and fear with scientific evidence and there hasn't been any looking back since. I make that sound easy, it wasn't that simple...but looking back it should have been. -
I don't think it was really invented when it first began...I think it was a natural progression that developed as people tried to explain the things they saw in the natural world. I mean, without any formal education the sun does seem like a good choice for worship. It brings light and warmth and without sunlight we would have no food. Without it we would die. Over time as more sophisticated religious dogma emerged it became more of a governing tool.
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asked by CestMoiTom
I would prefer a secular society where education and true scientific discovery was encouraged. No one's right to believe what they want to believe should be taken from them, but those beliefs should not dictate how a country is run or how education is carried out. A society that lives on fear and misunderstanding leads a poor existence.
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I post screenshots directly from Twitter and Facebook, so I cannot control what language they are in. I have recently begun transcribing and have added a Google translation tool.
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I'm not sure, I'm not a Christian so you'd have to ask one.
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